How To Mount the Cymbals on a High Hat Drum Stand

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village my name is Pat Louis. Here in Miami I'm going to show you today how to set up a drum kit. These are the two cymbals that put together your high hat. One is heavier than the other that's the one you want on the bottom. So that will rest on that little ped that we talked about the other one has a little opening that goes over this little rod. That slips onto the rod and then it will adjust to the level that is best to get that open and close sound that you always want. Once it's on there you want to make sure they are not touching against that rattle so you want it to be above just high enough so when you put it down it's a nice type sound. When you release it goes away from the bottom one and it doesn't rattle you won't hear any of that. For my taste this should be a little lower which I will adjust a little later on. Some people like to be up here playing the drums here instead they have it up in a closer fill area when they go to the Tom Tom's."